Editing Foreign relations of Egypt (section)

===Military cooperation===

Following the [[Egypt–Israel peace treaty|peace treaty with Israel]], between 1979 and 2003, the US has provided Egypt with about $19 billion in military aid, making Egypt the second largest non-NATO recipient of US military aid after Israel. Also, Egypt received about $30 billion in economic aid within the same time frame. In 2009, the US provided a military assistance of US$1.3 billion (inflation adjusted US$ {{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|1.3|2009|r=2}}}} billion in {{CURRENTISOYEAR}}), and an economic assistance of US$250 million (inflation adjusted US$ {{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|250|2009|r=1}}}} million in {{CURRENTISOYEAR}}).
In 1989 both Egypt and Israel became a [[Major non-NATO ally]] of the United States.

Military cooperation between the US and Egypt is probably the strongest aspect of their strategic partnership. General [[Anthony Zinni]], the former Commandant of the [[US Central Command]] (CENTCOM), once said, "Egypt is the most important country in my area of responsibility because of the access it gives me to the region." Egypt was also described during the [[Clinton Administration]] as the most prominent player in the Arab world and a key US ally in the Middle East. US military assistance to Egypt was considered part of the administration's strategy to maintaining continued availability of Persian Gulf energy resources and to secure the Suez Canal, which serves both as an important international oil route and as critical route for US warships transiting between the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] and either the [[Indian Ocean]] or the [[Persian Gulf]].

The Egyptian military provides indirect support for the foreign policy of Egypt in the region. Egypt is the strongest military power on the African continent, and the whole Southwest Asia.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=2024 Military Strength Ranking |url=https://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing.php |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=www.globalfirepower.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

Egypt is one of the strongest militaries in the Mediterranean.<ref name=":3" />

Egypt has the strongest and the most powerful military of the Arab world, ranking 15th globally.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Egypt-defense-expo |first=Arab News |title= Egypt ranked strongest Arab military force|date=17 January 2024 |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/2443461/middle-east}}</ref>